Hill Leaders Turn Down Additional Tests For Lawmakers

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🗓️ 4 May 2020

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The top lawmakers on Capitol Hill, both up for reelection this year, denied the administration's offer of more testing for lawmakers. Many Americans remain concerned about the availability of testing in the United States.

And exclusive NPR reporting sheds light on what the president was told in January coronavirus briefings.

This episode: White House correspondents Tamara Keith and Ayesha Rascoe, and ongressional correspondent Susan Davis.

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